1. Understand control system design techniques, their limitations and benefits.

2. Become familiar with issues faced in sampling, digital data and discrete time systems.

3. Gain experience in designing digital controllers either by emulating continuous time compensators or by direct digital design using the Root Locus and Frequency Response methods.
(EAC c)

4. Be given a brief introduction to digital filter design.

Prerequisites by Topic

Control Systems

Lecture Topics:

Introduction and Z Transforms

Sampling and Reconstruction

Open and Closed Loop Sampled Data Systems

Time Response and Stability

Frequency Response and Stability

Digital Control Design

Analog and Digital Filters

Class Schedule:

Meets for 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion each week for 10 weeks.

Computer Usage:

Approximately one half of the homework problems requires the students to use MATLAB. Control law design and analysis are carried out using the MATLAB computer-aided design software with the Control System Toolbox.